Clothes wringer



Dec.s,1925. 1,565,105

G. E. RANDLES cLemHEs WRINGER Filed Aug. 28 1924 Wil llifil fNWm/TH.' Enum@ E.' ./ZZHNULES, y ya Patented Dec. s, 1925.

UNITED; STATES 1,565,105 PATENT OFFICE.

yencarar.: E. RANDLES, F CLEVELAND, oHro,`AssIGNon To THE FooTE-Bnn'r conrzeAnY, A CORPORATION or omo.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

To all wlw/m 'it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. RANDLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Wringers, of which the following is-a specificai Gl tion.

The present invention relates to reversible clothesv wringers such as are used in connection with power driven washing machines and especially to the drain boards of such wrmgers.

4In the construction of reversible clothes wringers a drain board is provided which projects to each side of the wringer and during operation this drain board performs two functions, that of a drain for directing the water squeezed `out of the clothes and that of a clothes chute. At any particular time, the board on the side from which the clothes 'are being fed into the' rolls serves as a drain for the water while that on the other side serves asa chute for the clothes.

In a modern washing machine, such as' those equipped with a swlnging wringerT 1tis desirable, in order to make the machine convenient for use, ythat the drain board projects quite a distance to each side of the wringer so as to carry the water a distance sufficient to direct ,itback' into the tub from which the clothes' are being wrung even though the tub is not close up to the washing machine and to accomplish this result without making 'the drain board too long and having it project too far down the drain board must be made with a comparatively small amount of pitch. As a result while the drain board functions properly as a drain for the water it does not function so well as a chute for the clothes because it does not have enough pitch to cause the clothes to slide down it.. n

The object of my invention is to provide an improved drain board for clothes wringers wherein the pitch of the drain board is adjustable so that the side of ,the board which is serving as a drain has a small amount of pitch andY serves todirect the water the desired distance away from the wringer while that side which is serving as a chute for the clothes has considerable pitch so that the clothes will slide down it readily.

For a consideration of what I believe tov be novel and my invention, attentinis directed to the accompanying description and the claims appended thereto.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a clothes wringer provided with a drain board structure embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of the structure taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1'; Fig. 3

yis a detail sectionaly view taken online 3 3,

Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective, partly broken away, of one end of the drain boardfstructure, and Fig. 5 is a plan viewl` of one end o-f the structure. p

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the frame of a wringer, 2 the rolls and 3 the openings in the frame through whichi the clothes are fed to the rolls. Only that part of the wringer is shown in the drawing Which is necessary for illustrating Ymy invention. The wringer structure illustrated is to be taken as typical of any suitable wringer of the reversing type. For example, it may be a clothes wringer such as that shown in my Patent No. 1,520,887, granted Dec. 30, 1924.

The portion of the wringer frame beneath the rolls comprises side walls 4, end walls 5 and a bottom wall 6 which walls deine' a chamber which extends alon beneath the rolls to receive water squeeze from clothes passing through the rolls. In bottom wall 6 is a longitudinally-extending central slot 7 through which the waterruns onto the drain` board structure, suitable guide flangesa 8 being provided beneath the slot. The end walls of the wringer frame project downwardly as is indicated at 9 and at the corners of their lower inner edges are provided with inwardly-projecting lugs 10 and 10 having flat top surfaces. There are thus two spaced inwardly-projecting lugs at each end of the wringer frame.

Supported on lugs 10 and 10a and adapted to slide thereon Vis a water deflector com` prising two longitudinally-extending, 0ppositely sloping walls 11 and 12 provided at their juncture with a longitudinally-extend-` ing rib 13, and connected at their ends to end flanges 14. End flanges 14 are preferably formed integral with walls 11 and 12' and are of sufficient depth to serve to prevent water running 0E the ends of walls 11 and 12. Connected to endfianges 14 are support ing walls 15 which rest on lugs 10 and and are adapted to slide thereon. Flanges 14 and supporting walls 15 are joined tof 12 vunder drain slot gether at their upper edges as is indicated at 16 and are slightly spaced apart leaving downwardly-opening recesses 17 at each end of the water delector. The lower edges of supporting walls 15 are straight and at their central portions they are provided with depending projections 18 which lie between lugs 10 and 10a and limit the possible sliding movement of the deflector. Movement of the deleetor from the position wherein projections 18 are adjacent to or in engagement with lugs 10 as shown in Fig. 2, to a position wherein they are adjacent to or in engagement with lugs 10a serves to move defleetor wall 12 from under slot I7 and bring deflector wall 11 under such slot, the rib 13 miving from one side of slot 7 to the other s1 e.

The deileetor is moved by means of a crank or eccentric rod 20 which is pivoted at its ends in the end wall extensions 9 of the Wringer frame and passes through vertical slots 21 in supporting walls 15. The throw of crank 20 is such as to move projections 18 from one pair of lugs 10 or 10a to the other and the crank itself functions along with the lugs for limiting the movement of the deflector. Movement of the dei'lector from one extremeposition to the other serves to brin either wall l1 or wall 7. On one end of crank 20 is an operating handle 22 which may with advantage be madel in the shape of an arrow to indicate for which direction of wringing the drain board' is adjusted, the arrow pointing in the direction the clothes are to pass through the wringer. Preferably the arrangement is such that crank 20 and handle 22 turn through an angle a little greater than 180 degrees in moving the dellector from one position to the other. By this arrangement the crank moves somewhat beyond dead center so that it serves to lock the dellector in its adjusted positions. Also the weight of the crank and the handle assist in locking the dellector.

Pivotally mounted on the deflector are two drains or chutes 23 and 24, the drain or chute 23 being on one side of the delector and the drain or chute 24 being on the other side. They are provided with tapered side flanges 25 which at their inner ends are located within recesses 17 and receive pivot pins 26 which serve to connect the .drains or chutes to the del-lector. The pivotal movement of the drains or chutes is limited on the one hand by the upper end of the drain or chute striking the under surface of delector wall 11 or 12 and on the other hand by the top surface of the drain or chute engaging the ycuter edge of deilector wall 11 or 12, such edges in the present instance being turned downward to provide flanges as indicated at 27. Lugs 10 and l0a project inward to positions .in engagement with lugs 10a.

wherein they stand under the side edges of drains or chutes 23 and 24 as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, the drain board is shown as being in the position for wringing clothes through the Wringer from left to right, the deflector being in its right hand position so as to bring wall 12 under slot 7. Drain or chute 23 is in its lowered position to form a chute of substantial pitch down which the clothes will readily slide and it is held in this position by the engagement of its upper edge with the under si-de of wall l1. Drain or chute 24 is in its raised position for directing water away from the wringer rolls and it is maintained in this position by being held between lugs 10n and the down turned flange 27 on the outer edge of wall 12. Now as clothes are fed through the wringer, the water squeezed out of them is directed by walls 4 through slot 7 onto deilector wall .12 and runs down this wall onto drain 24 and thence back into the tub.

Since llanges 25 are located outside end flanges 14 and flange 27 is in engagement with the surface of chute 24, the water is well confined and directed so there will be no leakage ofi' the sides of the defleetor wall or drain. The clothes as they pass through the Wringer drop do'wn onto drain 23 and slide along it into some suitable receptacle, the drain 23 having ample pitch for causing the clothes to slide ofi' it.

When it is desired to wrin in the opposite direction, that is, from right to left in Fig. 2, crank 20 is turned by means of handle 22 in an anti-clockwise direction through an are of about 180 thereby moving the deflector toward the left from the position shown in Fig. 2 to a position wherein projections 18 are adjacent to or As the defleetor moves toward the left, the underside of drain or chute 23 comes into en-v gagement with the .inner ends of' lugs'l()y and as the movement continues, the chute slides on the lugs and is raised by them, finally coming to a position corresponding to that of drain 24 in Fig. 2 wherein it; is held between lugs 10 an-d the flange 27 on deilector plate 11. At the same time, drain or chute 24 slides of lugs 1()a and drops down intoa position corresponding to the position of drain 23 in Fig. 2. The drain board is now in position for wringing clothes through the wringer from right to left, delector plate 11 being positioned under slot 7, drain 23 being held in its upper adjusted position, and drain' 24 bein lowered so that the clothes will slide o of it readily. In this connection, it is pointed out tha|J the construction is such that the drain or chute when in its lowered position, has a pitch such that the clothes will slide ll l) Cil oll' lit readily Without assistance. By this .it is at the` same time simple in structure and capable of being manufactured at a low cost.

In accordance with the provisions of the' Patent Statutes, I havedescribcd the principle of operation of my invention, together' with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means.

lV hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

1. In a reversible clothes wringer, an adjustable drain board comprising a member on each side of the wringer which atfone time serves as a drain for water and kat another time as a chute for the clothes, and

means whereby when the drain board is ad? justed the member which is to serve as a water drain is elevated andthe member which is to serve as a clothes chute lowered.

2. In a reversible clothes wringer, a frame having an opening through which water squeezed from the clothes is discharged, Va drain board having oppositely sloping members, said drain board being movable to bring either member under the slot, and means whereby when the drain board is moved to bring one member under the slot the other member is automatically lowered to form a chute for the clothes passing through the wringer.

3. In a reversible clothes wringer, a frame having an opening through `which Water squeezed from the clothes is. discharged, a deflcctor having oppositely sloping walls, said defleetor being movable to bring either wall under said-opening, a drain pivotally connected to each side of the deflector, said drains being adapted to be raised and lowered in accordance with the positions of the deflector, and means on the frame with I(il) which the drains engage .when the delector is moved for effecting the raising of the drains.

4. In a clothes wringer, a frame, rolls journaled therein, a sliding drain board structure comprising a pivoted drain, inwardly projecting lugs on the frame upon which the drainboard structure slides, the ends of said lugs lying under the edges of the drain and adapted to be engaged by it when the drain. board structure is moved to effect a raising and lowering of the drain on its pivots.

5. In a clothes wringer, a frame, rolls journaled therein, a sliding drain board structure comprising two pivoted drains either of which may be moved to a position to receive water Wrung from clothes passing through the wringer, the other then serving as a chute for the clothes, and lugs on the wringer frame upon which the drain board structure slides, the ends of said lugs lying under the edges of the drains and positioned to be engaged by 'the drains during sliding movements of the drain board structure to effect elevation of the drains.

6. In a clothes wringer, the combination of a frame, rolls therein, a deflector which may be adjusted to direct water coming from the rolls in either direction, drains which receive the water from the deflector, and means whereby when the delector is adjusted the drain which is to receive the water is elevated, the other drain being flowered to serve as a chute for the clothes passing through 'the wringer.

` 7 lIn a clothes wringer, the combination of a frame, rolls therein, a deiector which may be adjusted to direct water ,coming from the rolls to either side of the wringer, a pivoted drain on each side of the wringer either of which may Vreceive water from the deflector, and means whereby when the deiector is adjusted-the drain which :is to receive water from it is automatically elevated and the other lowered.

8. In a clothes wringer, the combination of a frame, rolls therein, a deflector having oppositely-sloping walls, lugs on the frame upon which the defiector` slides to bring either wall in position to receive water from the rolls, drains pivoted to said delector with theirl upper ends lying beneath the deiiector walls and adapted to engage such walls to limit their downward move ment, their upward movement being limited by the ends of the deflector walls, and

means whereby when the deflector is moved 1 GEORGE RANnLns. 

